How Does Cassius Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

Antony does exactly that when he shows the audiences each stab wound each conspirator made in Caesar making the audience or the citizens for Rome feel sad for Caesar and generate anger towards the conspirators such as Brutus, Cassius, and etc. Antony uses it again when he reads Caesars will and after he reads that he gave land and money to every Roman it makes the audience feel guilty for calling Caesar a tyrant and such. And then he uses pathos when he says “Caesar was my friend, faithful and just to me.” This makes the audience sad for Antony that he lost his best friend. Brutus also pleads the people's feelings when he says “did love Caesar, but I loved Rome more.” This makes the audience proud to be a Roman or feel patriotism and it shows that he puts Rome before his friendships. Antony uses the people's emotions against Brutus and Brutus does the

In Brutus’s speech he talked about how he loved Rome more than Caesar. Brutus was very gullible, stoic, and also easily persuaded. Throughout his speech he uses fallacies. One example of a fallacy he uses is the either/or. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men“ (III, i, 22-24). This makes the Roman people believe that either they going to be slaves or free men. One other thing Brutus uses are logos and ethos. He says, “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him” (III, i, 24-27). In that quote he tries to

Cassius is a talented general, and does not like the fact that Caesar has become `god-like' in the Roman people's minds (see above quote Act I, Scene ii). Cassius can be seen as a

In Act I, Scene 2, the purpose of Cassis’ speech is to persuade Brutus to distrust Caesar, and to join him in a conspiracy against Caesar. In his speech to Brutus, Cassius uses a variety of persuasive and rhetorical devices to persuade Brutus to join his cause against Caesar. Cassius is desperate to have Brutus on his side because of his close relation to Caesar and great respect and trust from the people of Rome. The tone of Cassius’ speech to Brutus is introduced with Cassius appealing to Brutus’ sense of responsibility towards Rome. Cassius tells Brutus that he has, “Heard where many of the best respect in Rome, except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus and groaning underneath this age’s yoke, have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes” (I.ii.64-68). Cassius tells Brutus that he is admired by Rome, appealing to Brutus’ value of putting Rome ahead of himself. Cassius uses knowledge of this value to his advantage in his speech, insisting that killing Caesar will be for the good of Rome. Cassius also introduces his speech by persuading Brutus that he is honorable and can be trusted. Cassius tells Brutus that, “Honor is the subject of my story”(I.ii.99). This appeals to the speaker Cassius’ credibility and has an ethical appeal on Brutus, or ethos. This appeal is effective because it connects with something that Brutus values, honor. In Cassius’ speech to Brutus, he uses a comparison comparing Caesar to a Colossus saying, “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves”(I.ii.142-144). Cassius is using an analogy comparing Caesar to Colossus, which was a large statue. Cassius again uses Brutus’ value of honor to persuade when he tells Brutus that if Caesar is in power, he and Brutus will die dishonorable deaths. During the time period, an honorable death was very important to noble Romans, especially Brutus. When Cassius is comparing the two names Brutus and Caesar, he uses the strategy of asking rhetorical questions. “Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that ‘Caesar?’ Why should that name be sounded more than yours?(I.ii.149-151).” Cassius also asks, “Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he

Cassius contrasts Brutus by being power hungry. It shows just how trustworthy Brutus is. The text states, “You yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm to sell and mart your offices for gold to under servers.” This shows how Cassius was taking bribes. The text also states, “That struck the foremost man of all this world but for supporting robbers.” This shows how Brutus is upset with Cassius taking bribes.

Words are more powerful than swords, but what makes this true. In these speeches Antony and Brutus’ pathos logos and ethos to portray Shakespeare belief that logos in combination with pathos wins arguments.

He states that Brutus is just as noble and worthy as Caesar. (Act 1, scene ii). He says that Brutus cannot see what everyone else does and recognize his worthiness. Cassius and the other senators do not want Caesar to be king because they would lose all their power. Cassius is slowly luring Brutus in to do his dirty work. He builds Brutus’s confidence up to make him thing that killing Caesar is the right thing to do. Cassius is basically playing with Brutus’s head because he knows Brutus will listen. So, Brutus joins the conspirators in killing Caesar. Cassius tells Brutus that it is for the good of Rome, and that he is saving them from a dictatorship. Cassius is going for Brutus’s weakest point, his care and concern for Rome. He knows that if Brutus believes the people distrust Caesar, then he will be convinced that Caesar must be thwarted. Brutus knew that if Caesar was crowned, he would never have a chance, and he was power hungry. This is what ultimately leads to the tragedy of Julius Caesar. After Brutus kills Caesar off, he starts to feel guilty for killing his friend, thus creating an internal conflict. Brutus was so confident that the plan would go exactly as planned that he fell apart when they encountered problems. If Brutus and the other conspirators had taken more time to think things through, they probably would have been more prepared for the situation that was handed to them.

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Caesar becomes king and is killed for his ways. After the death of Caesar, Brutus and Antony both speak on his death in front of all of Rome. The speeches given by both Brutus and Antony are very persuasive to the audience that they are given to. Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are used in different ways in order for each to have an effect on the people of Rome. In Brutus’s speech, he uses Logos to convince the Romans that he and the conspirators did a good deed by killing Caesar. He stated in his speech that “Had you rather Caesar we're living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” To me that shows him giving proof to the people of Rome, naturally saying it's good he died, now we can be free.

Cassius is a senator in Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar.” He is jealous of Julius Caesar because of all the power and love he gets, as shown in the quote "Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about."(Shakespeare 7) This quote basically states that Cassius is tired of Julius being better and that he thinks they should not be beneath him. Cassius also seeks to get his own power. To achieve this he manipulates Brutus as shown by this quote, “Well, Brutus, thou art noble I see, thy honourable metal may be wrought From that it is disposed: therefore it is meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes For who so firm that cannot be seduced?” (Shakespeare 12) This

Brutus starts out using pathos and his own trust with the people in his speech. As he talks about Caesar being too “ambitious” (Shakespear 54), he uses pathos to sympathize with him saying that he “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (Shakespear 54). To the crowd, this line is supposed to

Throughout the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to articulate the points of many characters. More explicitly the use of different rhetorical strategies can be seen after the death of Caesar. Preceding Caesar's death speeches were given by Mark Antony and Brutus. In these speeches Brutus tried to justify Ceaser death with vague answers, while Mark Antony came to the support of Caesar and questioned why he really had to die. Brutus and Mark Antony's use of logos, pathos and ethos, allowed them both to give effective speeches. Although Brutus gave a strong speech, Mark Antony exceptional use of pathos and ethos provided him a slight edge over Brutus.

“Character may almost be called the effective means of persuasion.” This was a quote written by Aristotle who also came up with the rhetorical principles. The rhetorical principles, also known as ethos, pathos, logos, is used as the key in effective persuasion. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Cassius persuades Brutus original view on Caesar by using ethos, pathos, logos.

Logistics, credibility and emotions are a part of every day in life. In William Shakespeare's’ Julius Caesar logic (logos) credibility (ethos) and emotion (pathos) are used throughout the story in order to reveal Caesar's murderer’s. The main characters are Antony, Brutus, and Cassius. Antony presents a speech and also includes that Caesar was offered the crown 3 times and he refused to be king all 3 times that it was offered. Antony states that he will speak at caesar's funeral, and that is where he reveals the whole situation. He lets everyone at the funeral know exactly what happens. Antony reveals that Brutus and Cassius kill Caesar. Antony uses logic and emotion to show that Brutus and Cassius are guilty of murder.

Brutus gives a speech before Antony, but misunderstands the way he is supposed to use the rhetorical devices, especially pathos (Anderson 831-835).  Pathos, which is the appeal to emotion, is the most effective rhetorical device out of them all. Antony mainly uses pathos to persuade the crowd, meanwhile Brutus mainly uses logos and ethos.  Antony's speech succeeded to convince the crowd in his favor, because most importantly, he succeeded to capture the crowds emotions. The comparison of Brutus’s and Antony's speech proves that the use of rhetoric can influence a person's power, and the way that person achieves such power, but only if it is used

Cassius uses rhetoric successfully to persuade Brutus to come over to his cause—killing Julius Caesar. Cassius is a sharp minded politician whose motivations are personal and not always in the interest of the state of Rome. He uses rhetoric as his means of convincing others to help him reach his cause and goal. Cassius uses many tactics